64 gig Touch

[Dougfnj]

Is it just imposible to make this, too expensive? Or will they quietly release it like they did with the 32 Gig last year....no major announcements, just listed on the site?

Hmmmmm

 

[kornchild2002]

It is more than likely too expensive to make. 64GB drives are still over $200 when adding to notebooks. That is one of the reasons why Creative never made a 64GB Zen X-fi as it would have drastically increased the costs of their player.

The 32GB iPod touch was $500 when it was initially released. Apple quickly found out that a price point at that level is just too high. People could go out and purchase decent notebooks for $500, netbooks for $300, and so on.

 

[rockmyplimsoul]

64GB drives are still over $200 when adding to notebooks.

Yes, but only a portion of that $200 is due to material costs. The differential material cost between 32 and 64GB is much less. I suspect that we'll see the iPhone/Touch capacities ratchet up a notch in the coming months with little or no price increase, and 8GB models either discontinued or see a price reduction. Apple could very well use such a plan as its own "stimulus package" to sustain sales in these difficult times.